After the Finnish city was razed to the ground by the German army in the second world war, architect Alvar Aalto rebuilt it to a reindeer-shaped street grid. Then Santa came to town …As soon as you land at Rovaniemi airport in Lapland you see a reindeer. Not a real one, admittedly, but somebody in a Rudolf suit cheerily greeting passengers who have just arrived. A couple of miles from “Santa’s official airport” lies Santa Claus Village, an amusement park

These forums are used around the world to solve political impasses – most recently in Ireland on abortion law. It should be Britain’s turn nextBrexit is the rock on which our democratic system has run aground. But really the ship has been holed beneath the waterline for some time.Some are content to shuffle the deckchairs and simply replace one captain with another – which may be necessary but is far from sufficient. Yet we can’t just stop Brexit and